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A. H; FRITSGH. GUIDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

No. 403,831. Patented May 21 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON H. FRITSCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN-MENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO GUSTAV ERNST LANGER, OF SAME PLACE.

GUIDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,831, dated May 21,1889.

Application filed November 16, 1887. Serial No. 255,366. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ANTON H. FRITSOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Guiding Attachment-s forSewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and letters marked thereon.

In the manufacture of clothing or any other wearing-apparel it is oftendesirable to provide the inside or outside seams with tape forstrengthening the same, or cover them up in order to do away with a fullor complete lining, as may be the case with hats, cloaks, &c. For sodoing the difficulty to be overcome is to conduct the tape to the needlein a manner so as to follow the cloth intermittingly carried to theneedle by the feeding device in a smooth and straightened shape withoutbecoming disordered by being displaced sidewise or otherwise entangled.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for a sewing-machinecomplying with these requirements; and the same consists in a metalplate of suitable thickness provided with an adjustable guide for anywidth of tape and adjustable springs for giving the necessary strain ortension to the tape, of any thickness, following the cloth and beingstitched thereto, all of which hereinafter will be fully described. Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention; Fig. 2, a sectionat the line 00 00 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an edge view. Figs. 4 and 5represent the adjustable slide removed from its plate; Fig. 6, the metalplate, the slide being removed; Fig. 7, an edge view of the same, partlyin section, as indicated by the line y y in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows a planView of my invention provided with tape. Fig. 9 shows the outside seamof two pieces of cloth sewed together, with tape beneath the same tocover up the inside seam. Fig. 10 represents two pieces of cloth insection, the edges of which are sewed together. Fig. 11 represents thesame with their edges spread out or flattened, in which position theyare to be placed over the tape in the guiding attachment to be adjustedto a sewing-machine.

A is a metal plate, of suitable thickness,

provided with a slot, a, for a thumb-screw, by

means of which it is fastened on the clothplate, so as to be adjustedand adapt itself to the different kinds of sewing-machines.

b is a screw-threaded aperture in the plate A for a thumb-screw, B, bymeans of which a sliding plate, C, is secured thereto, the same beingprovided with a slot, d, so as to be adjustable for regulating thedistance between the stop 6 on the sliding plate C and the stops 0 andc, firmly secured to the plate A and forming guides for both sides ofthe sliding plate O. f is a projection on the same plate forconveniently manipulating it in adjusting the stop enear to and fartheroff from the stops 0 c on the plate A, according to the width of tape tobe used.

D and E are springs fastened to the plate A by means of rivets g and hh, respectively. They are provided near their fastening places with setor thumb screws F and G, for pressing them more or less to the plate A,as may be required, or making them yielding, so as to adapt themselvesto the different thicknesses of the tape to be used. They are bent up alittle at their outer ends, 0 and p, respectively, so as to allow of thetape readily being placed beneath the same, at the same time passingover the sliding plate C, and being guided between the stop eon themovable sliding plate and the stops 0 c, firmly secured to the plate A,as will be seen by Fig. 2, in which the tape T is represented in adotted line.

The letter n in Fig. 1 denotes the relative position of the needle whenthe taping device or taper is arranged upon the clothingplate of asewing-machine.

The mode of operating my device is as follows: After having the sameadjusted to the cloth-plate of a sewing-machine by means of the slot ain the metal plate A and a thumbscrew (not shown in the drawings) thetape to be used willbe brought beneath the springs D and E, at the sametime passing over the sliding plate C, behind its stop 6, and in frontof the stops 0 c on the metal plate A, whereupon the sliding plate C,bymanipulating the handle f and setting the thumb-screw B in slot cl, isto be adjusted so as to have the tape securely guided between the stops0, c, and e the distance between them the width of the tape. Then thethumb-screws F and G, previously'having been loosened to allow of thetape being easily brought beneath the springs, are to be tightened forsubjecting the tape to a sufficient strain of tension, preventing thesame from slipping sidewise or otherwise coming into disorder whilebeing pushed forward simultaneously with the article to which it is tobe stitched under the pressure foot and upon the feed of thesewing-machine in such a direction as the operator may see fit.

In Fig. 10 two ends of cloth are shown when sewed together, and in Fig.11 the same are represented with their sewed edges spread out orflattened to be covered up with-tape. They are shown in the drawings inthe same shape and position as they will be placed upon the guidingattachment. Thus, the article to be provided with tape being held underthe pressure -foot and upon the tape, the same resting upon the feed ofthe sewing-machine and securely guided by said device, by arranging thestitches of the needle at a suitable distance from the outside seamparallel to the same, as is indicated by dotted lines z in Fig. 9, thearticle will be provided with tape in an easy and accurate manner, asmay be desired. The other edge of the tape, the same now properlylocated, will be readily stitched to said article without said guidingattachment, unless the sewing-machine is provided with two needles, inwhich case the tape may be attached to an article with both edgessimultaneously while being guided by said devlce.

When desired, the whole taping device may be provided with a covering,0, as is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to furnish a,

smooth surface over which the cloth may be conducted, avoiding anyinterference the parts of the taping device itself may offer.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. A guiding attachment for sewing-machines, comprising a stationaryplate, A, provided with the springs D and E and guiding studs or stops 0and c, and an adjustable plate, 0, having a guiding-flange, e, wherebytape or ribbon of any desired width may be conducted under the springsand over the plate 0 to the stitch-forming mechanism, sub stantially asdescribed. 2. In a guiding attachment for sewing-machines, a stationaryplate, A, having at one end near its side edges the springs D and E,said springs being adjustable near their fastening places, and a slidingplate, 0, located between said springs and being parallel to the same,said plate 0 being guided between the stops or studs .0 and c on theplate A, said ANT. H. FRITSCI-I.

' Witnesses:

HEINRICH F. BRUNs, R. GRIMM.

